Senior Coatings and Waste Treatment Engineer (Component Engineer 3)

SUMMARY

The Senior Coatings & Waste Water Treatment Engineer role will bring innovative and timely solutions for process standardization & control, cost improvement, asset reliability, scrap reduction, new process equipment & methods and advanced technology. This role will be a technical leader in our organization by assisting in creating strategy, identifying opportunities, establishing collaborative environments, aligning with key stakeholders, prioritizing & planning activity, measuring results and communicating & rewarding the successes. It will require working closely across multiple teams to provide cost effective solutions that are designed for manufacturing at a world class level.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead as expert in problem solving including detection, diagnosis, providing solutions and developing systems for sustaining improvements for major process and equipment issues.
• Understand water treatment system discharge limits & modify equipment/processes to improve them.
• Create business systems and implement controls to ensure compliance to operating specifications.
• Assist with the development of standardized systems and structure to ensure world class performance which includes detailed process instructions, operating specifications, appropriate process checks, error proofing, automated process control systems and preventive maintenance plans.
• Design, specify, develop costing, recommend selection and lead implementation of world class coating and waste water treatment equipment which includes developing business systems and procedures, process specifications, error proofing controls, recommended staffing and preventive maintenance plans ensuring sustained EHS compliant and cost-effective operation.
• Provide training material/guidance for coatings & waste water treatment, and their associated secondary processes.
• Review, improve and standardize preventative maintenance programs for coatings equipment and tooling by leveraging best practices and should be based on the cycles operated.
• Ensure consistency in how coatings and waste water process are engineered, documented and sustained.
• Drive process & equipment readiness delivering capable and error-proofed coated products.
• Provide expert product design recommendations and feedback for new and existing components suitable for manufacturing consistently at world class performance levels.
• Lead continuous improvement activities and lean tool deployment for KPI improvement of scrap, labor, TPM, EHS performance and variation reduction.
• Leverage lean concepts and industry benchmarks such as visual factory, standard work, error proofing, single piece flow, six sigma, kaizen, TPM and Industry 4.0 to simplify the organization and eliminate decisions in the design, manufacture, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting processes.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role may have supervisory responsibilities for salary associates which would include interviewing, training, creating challenging objectives, planning/prioritizing work, appraising performance, providing constructive feedback, development planning, succession planning, and working with human resources to address all disciplinary/associate issues as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science Degree, Background in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Metallurgy or related field required.

• Minimum of 8 years of technical experience in coatings and water treatment processes in a manufacturing environment.

• Process Expert - Strong coatings & waste water treatment background with emphasis on equipment, preventive maintenance, processing, materials, theory and current with global technology.
• Data Driven Decision Maker - Efficiently collect, analyze and present data in a clear & concise format, interpret data analysis and provide insightful recommended solutions.
• Change Agent - Execute timely change thru the implementation of lean concepts and process improvements, small & large, on-plan and within budget.
• Influencer - Ability to influence thru communication skill, data analysis & insightful presentation.
• The ability to manage projects and work in a team project environment is required.
• Understanding of lean concepts and how to apply them to a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of quality control and part print references (GD&T) is a plus.

MATHEMATICAL & REASONING ABILITY

This role will require the ability apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Some of these principles will include the ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.,) and to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear, to sit, and stand, walk and use hands to type, touch and/or feel. The employee may occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While the majority of time will be within an office environment, this role will require being near moving manufacturing equipment which requires hearing, vision, and/or foot protection. Limited travel (less than 10%), including international, may be required.

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION is an equal opportunity employer and practices affirmative action to recruit, hire, train, upgrade, transfer and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.